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- G. W. CAMPBELL. JqJ'. HILL &'W. E. DODD.

REEL POR DISPLAYING AND'MEASURING DRY GOODS.

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N0. 362,490. Patented May 10,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT f GEEIGE.

oHAELEs wEsLEY CAMPBELL, JoHN J. HILL, AND WILLIAMY E. Donn, oE EosE MILL, VIRGINIA.

REEL'FOR DISPLAYlN-G AND MEASURING DRY cocos.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,490, dated May 10, 1887.

Application led September 11,1886. Serial No. 213,317. (No model.) i

.To @ZZ whom it may conceive:

Be it known that we, GHAELEs WEsLEY CAMPBELL, JOHN J. HILL, and WILLIAM E. DODD, citizens of the United States, residing at Rose Mill, in the county of Nelson and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reels for Displaying and Measuring Dry Goods, o fwhich the following is a specification. f

Our invention relates to an improvement in reels for displaying and measuring dry goods; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of deviees,that will Abe more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a rcel embodyingv our improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the hand-reel.

A represents the reel-frame, comprising the sides B, having the supporting-legs C, and connected together by means of transverse bars D.

E represents the reel, comprising the end disks, F, provided with a connecting central axle, G.

H represents a series of cloth-reels, which are journalcd in the heads or disks of thc reel E, and are arranged concentrically with the axle G thereof. The projecting ends of the axle G are journaled in bearings which are formed -in the sides B of the reel-frame. The axles of the reels H project beyond one head of the reel E, and are squared, and thereby adapted to fit a crank-handle, I.

In the rims of the heads of the reel E are journaled a series of shafts, K, which correspond in number to the cloth-reels, and are each provided with curved teeth or lines L. The tines of one axle or shaft K are adapted to bear at their outer ends against the adjacent shaft. One end of each shaft K projects I slightly beyond one head ofthe reel E, and on the said projecting ends of the shafts are secured springs M. The function of the said springs is to keep the teeth or tines of the shafts K normally closed on the adjacent shafts, as shown at Fig. 2. Y

On one end of the axle of the reel E is secured a disk, N, which is provided with a se,

ries of peripheral notches. A detent, O, is

pivoted to one side of the frame of the reel, and is adapted to engage the said notches, and thereby prevent rotation of the rcel E.

l? represents a roller which is journaled transversely in one end of the reel-frame, and one end or spindle of the saidrollcr is provided with a spur-pinion, R. The face of the roller is covered with sandpaper or is otherf.

Wise suitably roughened, so as to give it a 6o frictional contact-surface.

S represents an arm that is pivoted at its inner end to one side of the reclframe. The outer end of the said arm is formed into or provided with ani indicating-dial, T, which is provided with a series of numbers arranged progressively in a circle, and indicating yards and fractional portions thereof. From the dial T depends a plate, T', which is adapted to bear upon the outer side of the pinion R, so 7o as to cover the latter.

U represents a large spur-wheel, which is journaled to the center of the dial, and on the arbor of the said spur-wheel is secured a hand or pointer, V, which is adapted to sweep caround the dial as the wheel U is rotated.

NV represents a frame which is pivoted to the same end of the reel-frame iuwhich the roller is journaled. The said frame W comprises the pivoted arms 'W' and thc bar NVE, 8o connecting the said arms. In the outer ends of the arms W are made open slots, in which are journaled the projecting spindles of the axle X ofthe hand-reelY. rlhe said hand-reel has its heads iitted loosely on the axle X, 8 5 whereby the reel is free to rotate independently of the said axle, and the latter is provided withk an arm, X', from the outer end of which extends aclamping-jaw, XZ. A springdetent, Z, is attached to the hand-reel, and is 9o adapted to engage the jaw X2 when the latter is closed against one bar of the hand-reel.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that as the frame XV is pivoted to the reel-frame it may be folded up against the latter, so as to cause the hand-reel to hear against the roller I.

. The operation of ourinvention is as follows: The bolts of cloth are rst wound upon the cloth-reels H by means of the crank I, which roo is adapted to be attachedv to either of the said reels, and the loose end of the clot-h is compressed between one of the axles, K, by the spring-actuated teeth or tines of the adjacent axle, thus holding the ends of the bolts of cloth and preventing the cloth-reels from accidentally unreeling the cloth when the reel E is rotated. In order to measure off a portion of the contents of one of the reels H, the detent is disengaged from the notched disk of the reel E, and the latter is turned until the reel H, having the particular cloth desired, is at the bottom. The loose end of the cloth is then drawn over the roughened roller P and the frame W is turned up, and the end of the cloth is secured between the clamping-jaw X2 and the handreel. It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings that the tines or teeth of the shaft over which the cloth from the reel H passes are arranged in such a position when the said reel is at the bottom of the reel E that the cloth may be freely reeled from the reel H containing it. The frame W' is then turned down to the floor, and the handreel is rotated by means of a suitable crankhandle. As the cloth passes over the roughened roller P it causes the latter to rotate by frictional contact therewith, and the cloth is thus measured, and the hand or pointer which sweeps around the dial indicates the number of yards that have been unreelcd from the reel H, as will be Very readily understood.

Having thus described our invention, We claim- 1. The combination of the rotating reel E, the cloth-reels H, journaled therein, and the spring-actuatedshafts K, journaled in the reel E and each having the detent tines or teeth L, adapted to bear upon the adjacent shaft K to clamp the free end of the bolt of cloth wound on the reels H, substantially as described.

2. The combination ofthe frame A, the reel E, journaled therein and having the elothreels H, the roller P, j ournaled in the frame A, the indicator geared to the said roller, and the frame YV, hinged or pivoted to the frame A and provided with the hand-reel, the said frame NV being adapted to fold up against the frame A, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame A, the reel E, journaled therein, the roller P, journaled in the frame A and having the pinion R, and the arm pivoted to the frame A and having the dial, and the wheel U, journaled to the said dial, adapted to mesh with the pinion It, and provided with the hand or pointer, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the frame A, the reelE, journaled therein and having the clothreels, of the frame W, pivoted to frame A, and the reel Y, journaled in frame NV and having the pivoted clampingjaw X, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the frame A, the reel E, journaled therein and carrying the series of cloth-reels H, the friction-roller P, journaled in the frame A and having the pinion R, the arm S, pivoted to frame A and having the dial, the wheel U, to mesh with the pinion, journaled to arm S, and carrying the indicator to sweep over the dial, the frame XV, pivoted to frame A and thereby adapted to fold onto the latter, and the reel Y, journaled in the frame XV, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afiixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES VESLEY CAMPBELL. JOHN J. HILL. XVILLIAM E. DODD. Witnesses:

E. L. Kinn, Gno. S. Srnvnss. 

